upupa

== English == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic, like hoopoe. === Noun === upupa (plural upupas) (archaic) A hoopoe. == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.pu.pa/ Rhymes: -upupa Hyphenation: ù‧pu‧pa === Noun === upupa f (plural upupe) hoopoe Synonym: galletto di marzo == Latin == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (pôpô). Compare also ulula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.pʊ.pa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.pu.pa] === Noun === upupa f (genitive upupae); first declension hoopoe ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== (Most terms come through diverse possible derivations): === References === “upupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “upupa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.